WATERBURY -- Armed robberies at two city gas stations within one hour of one another Sunday may be connected after a man fitting the same description was believed to have been involved in both.

The first robbery occurred at a Citgo gas station at 990 Huntington Ave. at around 8:20 p.m. A white male entered the store and indicated that he had a gun. He asked the clerk for money and the clerk complied by giving him an undisclosed amount, according to Acting Deputy Police Chief Christopher Corbett. That suspect fled in a black Kia.

The second robbery occurred at a Sunoco gas station at 407 Watertown Ave. at 9:10 p.m. A man fitting the same description entered the store and demanded cash. No weapon was displayed during the Sunoco robbery, Corbett said.

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